02-06-2008, 02:47 AM
Dropshotting is definately learn by experience it produces fish but knowing how to do it effectively is a challenge. I'm not too bad at dropshotting for smallies but have a hard time keeping largemouth on the hook. I was thinking about your post while at work today and realized I'm in the same boat (pun intended [
]) as you are and I've been bass fishing for several years. You can take the basic techniques that catch fish and it may work it may not. I like taking newbies out fishing with me and sometimes the most unorthodox spurratic movements that I've ever seen have caught fish. Sometimes I'll set my pole down to help my daughter and pick it back up after a couple minutes and that twitch after the worm has been sitting there for so long will trigger a bass to strike.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that the best way to catch bass is to have a hook in the water. After a while you will learn what triggers a strike. You will notice that if you miss a fish on plastic a fast moving crank right over his head will be the ticket to make 'em bite again. There are so many possibilities and variations when it comes to bass fishing that sometimes we forget the basics, never underestimate a texas rigged black curly tail worm. The most generic setup you can have and yet it still works for me. Sorry for the novel [crazy].
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]) as you are and I've been bass fishing for several years. You can take the basic techniques that catch fish and it may work it may not. I like taking newbies out fishing with me and sometimes the most unorthodox spurratic movements that I've ever seen have caught fish. Sometimes I'll set my pole down to help my daughter and pick it back up after a couple minutes and that twitch after the worm has been sitting there for so long will trigger a bass to strike. I guess what I'm trying to say is that the best way to catch bass is to have a hook in the water. After a while you will learn what triggers a strike. You will notice that if you miss a fish on plastic a fast moving crank right over his head will be the ticket to make 'em bite again. There are so many possibilities and variations when it comes to bass fishing that sometimes we forget the basics, never underestimate a texas rigged black curly tail worm. The most generic setup you can have and yet it still works for me. Sorry for the novel [crazy].
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